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Heysham Visitor Centre

Heysham Visitor Centre is a nuclear museum. It stands inside Heysham’s built-up area. Around it, within 15 km, lie 29 more places, Lancaster Castle (7.3 km) first on our list.

Where

In Heysham

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Museum in Heysham

Inside Heysham

Heysham Visitor Centre is inside Heysham’s built-up area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month in Heysham

Highs of 17–19°C mark June to September in Heysham.

Jan7° / 3°99 mm

Feb8° / 3°77 mm

Mar10° / 4°64 mm

Apr12° / 6°58 mm

May16° / 8°60 mm

Jun18° / 11°68 mm

Jul19° / 13°79 mm

Aug19° / 13°93 mm

Sep17° / 11°101 mm

Oct14° / 8°111 mm

Nov10° / 6°104 mm

Dec8° / 3°113 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Heysham, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Heysham. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Heysham’s full climate →

About

Heysham Visitor Centre

Museum: nuclear.

In Heysham, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Heysham
Official site: edfenergy.com/energy/education/visitor-centres/heysham-visitor-centre

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Before you go

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where Heysham Visitor Centre is

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Heysham Visitor Centre is the orange one.

Towns near it

Bases near Heysham Visitor Centre

Home to 32,745 people, Morecambe is the largest of these 3. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Heysham

16,593 people · 14 places to visit

2 · 3.3 km southeast of it

Overton

1,016 people · 17 places to visit

3 · 3.9 km northeast of it

Morecambe

32,745 people · 19 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Heysham Visitor Centre is	People	Places to visit
Heysham	It’s in town	16,593	14
Overton	3.3 km southeast of it	1,016	17
Morecambe	3.9 km northeast of it	32,745	19

Make a day of it

Places to add to Heysham Visitor Centre

Within 15 km you can add 3 museums, a castle and a cathedral.

CastleLancaster Castle7.3 km away 2

CathedralLancaster Cathedral7.9 km away 3

Abbey or prioryCockersand Abbey6.5 km away 4PierPierStone Jetty5.3 km away 5

MuseumJudges' Lodgings Museum7.3 km away 6

MuseumLancaster City Museum7.4 km away 7

Historic houseThurnham Hall7.9 km away 8

MuseumFleetwood Museum13 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Heysham Visitor Centre

Where is Heysham Visitor Centre?

Heysham Visitor Centre is in Heysham, Lancashire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Heysham Visitor Centre?

Museum: nuclear.

When is the best time to visit Heysham Visitor Centre?

June to September are the warmest months in Heysham, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Heysham Visitor Centre?

Within 15 km: Lancaster Castle (7.3 km), Lancaster Cathedral (7.9 km), Cockersand Abbey (6.5 km) and Stone Jetty (5.3 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (7)

Lancaster Castle: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lancaster Cathedral: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cockersand Abbey: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Judges' Lodgings Museum: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lancaster City Museum: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thurnham Hall: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fleetwood Museum: Belovedfreak, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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